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Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Draft motions for relief, responses, proof of claims, summons, demand letters and other documents for bankruptcy and adversary proceeding pleadings and district courts, including notices of appearance, pro hac vice applications, civil information sheets, requests for special notice, declarations, and orders; monitor large-scale bankruptcy dockets, client claim status and associated deadlines; prepare and file substantive pleadings, including fee applications, monthly operating reports, settlements and dismissals; maintain electronic bankruptcy case and client files; management of Insolvency & Restructuring case management spreadsheet for team and cross-functional partners.Preparation of template/shell legal documents; compile and prepare exhibits; prepare for hearings and creditor meetings, including hearing/trial notebooks; hearing resolutions; research, document and follow federal, state and local court rules, statutes, procedural rules, and complex case procedures.Prepare and file of UCC-1 and UCC-3 filing statements; verbal and written communication with clients and external parties such as co-counsel, court clerks, trustees, and opposing counsel; client point of contact; electronic filing of documents with bankruptcy and district courts; review court dockets (PACER) and monitor CM/ECF notices for timely responses and docketing.Enter, proofread, and close time entries in billing software; review and edit time and cost entries on proformas.

Portland, Oregon Area

Corporate governance matters: research, data collection and legal analysis; maintained related party records; preparation of board and committee assessment forms and presentation materials for meetings, annual risk assessment and code of business conduct surveys and director annual evaluations; maintenance of the corporate governance and Investor Relations website.SEC filings: preparation and filing of 8-Ks pertaining to shareholder meeting results, earnings releases and other reportable events, 10-Qs, 10-Ks and Conflict Minerals report as needed; oversight of annual proxy statement, including drafting and analysis of data, distribution and filing; preparation and review of D&O questionnaires; coordinate Annual Shareholder Meeting logistics, including acting as inspector of elections; managed activities of company transfer agent; maintenance of accurate shareholder records; assistance with escheatment process.Management of global subsidiary portfolio: compliance and timely filing of annual domestic and foreign reporting requirements for domestic and global subsidiaries; formation, maintenance, dissolution, acquisition, and disposition of entities; preparation and maintenance of organizational documents, minutes, resolutions, written consents, business registrations, certificates of good standing, powers of attorney, and other corporate documents; legalization of documents; responses to internal and external auditors; support for Know Your Customer and other regulatory requests.Litigation: managed registered agent services and service of process; responses to consumer complaints and discovery, including document production, analysis and oversight of litigation hold process; developed internal legal hold processes regarding preservation of data.Oversight of third-party due diligence, including denied parties screening and assignment of training; administrative oversight of company’s compliance hotline including yearly auditing of compliance.

Portland, Oregon Area

Legal research of statutes, rules, regulations, procedures and case law; preparation of Board and Board Committee quarterly meeting materials as well as drafting of minutes for same; manage the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan process including preparing, communicating, distributing and maintaining various share award agreements; intake, management and preparation of responses to service of process; litigation support; management of the litigation hold process, document collection, monitoring deadlines, coordinating scheduling of depositions and witness interviews, creating and maintaining pleading files, custody of files produced, oversight of eDiscovery; maintain litigation report for the Company’s Board of Directors; employment claims management, including reporting, tracking and managing the documentation and processing of settlements, tracking outside counsel spend, assisting in responding to claims, including preparation of position statements, document production, monitoring deadlines, providing information to insurers, maintaining and distributing internal reports on employment claims, 1099 year end reporting; manage bankruptcy claims filing process, tracking bankruptcy status, preparation of claim documentation and proofs of claims; process class action claims; merger and acquisition support including preparation, transmittal and maintenance of confidentiality agreements and letters of intent, maintenance of closing materials, escrow tracking and escrow claims processing; maintain form contracts and assist in creation of new forms; maintain the Company’s real property leases; Oregon Notary Public since September 2001, backup Safety Team Member; proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Diligent Boards; PACER services.

Assistant to senior partner in the corporate, bankruptcy and creditor’s rights practice group; preparation of corporate minutes and maintenance of minute books; assisted with preparation and transmittal of court filings within the district and bankruptcy courts; transcription of correspondence and various corporate documents; legal research; maintained timely preparation of attorney timesheets; coordinated travel arrangements, memoranda, correspondence, filing systems, meeting scheduling; member of safety team.